Tamron Co Ltd operates within the Optical instruments and lenses sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Tamron Co Ltd with three other glass product manufacturers in Asia: Asia Optical Company Incorporated of Taiwan (2016 sales of 17.94 billion Taiwanese Dollars [US$596.08 million] of which 48% was Optical Component), Suzhou Jinfu Technology Co Ltd of China (2.97 billion Chinese Renmimbi [US$451.57 million] of which 71% was Electro-Optical Thin Film Device), and Jiangsu Protruly Vision Technology Group Co Ltd which is also based in China (4.11 billion Chinese Renmimbi [US$624.86 million] of which 100% was Electronic Video).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2016, sales at Tamron Co Ltd were ¥59.90 billion (US$536.73 million). This is a decrease of 16.7% versus 2015, when the company's sales were ¥71.95 billion. The sales level in 2016 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2011, Tamron Co Ltd had sales of ¥58.51 billion. Contributing to the drop in overall sales was the 48.4% decline in Lens-Related Businesses, from ¥4.57 billion to ¥2.36 billion. There were also decreases in sales in Photography-Related Business (down 14.2% to ¥46.81 billion) and Specialized Machine-Related Business (down 16.1% to ¥10.74 billion) .